Interview Insights: Cambridge

Here's our database of first-hand student interview experiences. You can also watch students talk about other aspects of university in our student videos.

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Emmanuel (2018)

One interview was based off of my personal statement - talking mainly about my EPQ. It was a very r…

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Clare (2019)

- I had two interviews (both at Clare in Cambridge, two interviewers each, 20 mins each) in the sam…

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Corpus Christi (2019)

Both my interviews were about the essay I submitted, although they were about different aspects of …

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Peterhouse (2019)

My first interview started with the discussion of a source handed out beforehand, followed by a dis…

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Queens' (2019)

The first one was based on a series of extracts which they asked me questions about. They were main…

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Peterhouse (2016)

Both interviews worked off my personal statement, one more than the other. They asked a few questio…

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* Despite interviews being online this year, the experiences and advice from previous years will still be relevant.